It's December 23, 2020. We'll be going home for the holidays (more like staying home), so you won't see this newsletter until the new year. We wish you a joyous and safe season with all our best wishes for the coming year!

1. Motorola Promises to Upgrade to Android 11, Too

It's Android upgrade season, with handset makers like Samsung (and Google) getting the latest operating system onto your phone. Now, it's Motorola's turn with its plans to upgrade 21 of its devices (including Razr, Edge, and Moto G models) to the latest and greatest Android OS.

2. Apple Wants to Teach You How to Protect Your Privacy

All the privacy features in the world won't protect you or your data unless you use them correctly. To that end, Apple's created a new site to help you learn how to do it (even though Facebook is mad at the coming privacy changes).

3. Steam's Winter Sale is Here

The premier online source for video games (for PC, Mac, and Linux) is offering up yet another annual Winter Sale this year, where you can find deep discounts on all the fun games to entertain yourself over the long holiday at home. Game of the year Hades is on sale, as is Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

🦑 Go Deeper

Apple's new M1 plans haven't just sped up its Macs. Charlie Sorrel argues that the team has found a way to speed up the upgrade process for all its apps from the last time they switched chips.

Apple and Samsung continued to dominate in the second quarter of 2020, and show no signs of slowing down, even with sales slowdowns across the board. If you're wondering about Lenovo on the chart, that's Motorola.

🎁 Lifewire Holiday Gift Guide 2020

Need a last-minute gift idea? Check out our top picks for the best holiday gifts and stocking stuffers for family and friends from the editors and experts at Lifewire.

See the Guide

🤓 Nerd Out

"Hear the forest through the trees." -Bob Schulties, Senior Editor

If you're looking for some deeper calm this holiday season (or heck, just for 2020 in general), check out the sounds of a random forest on Tree.fm. (Share on Twitter)

💎 You Know You Want It

Does this hologram make my nose look big?

Image: Looking Glass Factory

For the person who has everything: Your own personal hologram display. Yes, it's only a Kickstarter project for now, but you know you want one of your own to send 3D images like the ones you see in Star Wars, right? May the Force be with you as you wait for production of this lovely little gadget to begin.

🙈 Wait, What?

I'll huff and I'll puff, but that house is strong.

The three little pigs got nothing on this Stanford designer who's found a way to turn fungal mycelium (the mostly underground network of mushroom fibers) into strong, sturdy, weight-bearing bricks for construction. No one's gonna blow this house down.

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